Necktie-holder for negligée shirts.



I c. K. RUEBE. NEGKTIB HOLDER FOR NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. APPIJIOATION FILEDJUNE 15, 1909.

946,275. Patented Jan. 11,1910.

I My emtcz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CACILIE KOEHL RUE-BE, OF JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.

NECKTIE-HOLDER FOR NEGLIGEE SHIRTS.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ClA'oILIn KonHL RUEBE,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing in Jersey City Heights, in the county of Hudson and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNecktie-Holders for Neglige Shirts, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved device for holding a so-calledfour-in-hand neck-tie in position on a neglige shirt, without passingthe neck-band of the tie around the collar of the shirt, so as torelieve the neck as much as possible from surplus bands during thesummer months and also dispense with the frequent tying of theneck-band.

The objection to so-called four-in-hand neckties is that they areinconvenient in tying, and that the neck-band of the same renders thecollar-portion of the shirt too warm in summer.

The object of this invention is to furnish a simple attachment forneglige shirts which serves to support the necktie, which requires onlyone tying when the same is applied to the shirt and dispenses therebywith the frequent tying of the same and also with the necessity ofextending the necktie around the neck-band of the collar of the shirt;and for this purpose the invention consists of the negllge shirthereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front-elevation of anegligeshirt with my improved necktie-holder shown in position for use,Fig. 2 is also a frontelevation, showing the supporting strip inposition thereon, but with the necktie removed, and Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse section on line 3, 3, Fig. 1, drawn on a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theviews.

In the drawings, a represents a neglige shirt of any shape or style,whether an openfront shirt coat or other shirt. To the upper part of theshirt, below the front-ends of the collar, and adjacent to the upperfront-button, is arranged a curved strip 6, which is attached at one end11 to one side of the shirt-bosom and at the other end by means ofbutton-holes b to an extra-button (Z, which is attached to the oppositeside of the front-part of the shirt, below the collar as shown clearlyin Figs. 1 and 2. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 15, 1909.

Patented Jan. 11, 1910.

Serial No. 502,190.

necktie e is tied in so-called four-in-hand style around the supportedstrip b, without being passed around the neck-band of the collar, andretained in position thereon as long as the shirt is worn. WV hen theshirt is required to be washed, the strip 6 is unbuttoned from thebutton (Z of the shirt and the looped portion of the necktie removedfrom the supporting strip by slipping it over the free end of the same.After the shirt is washed and is to be used again, the supporting stripis placed in position by being buttoned over the extra-button d, afterwhich the necktie is again tied in four-inhand style around thesupporting strip, in the usual manner, it being not removed until theshirt is again required to be washed.

In place of button-holes in the necktiesupporting strip 6 and a buttonon the shirtbosom below the collar any other fastening device for thestrip may be used, such as a hook and eye, spring-fastener and the like.This attachment saves a great deal of time and a great deal of annoyanceas the tying of the necktie is dispensed with, and likewise the passingaround of the same on the neck-band.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A neglige-shirt having a button and buttonhole at the front-part of theneck and provided with a side-button attached to the bosom of the shirtsome distance to one side said first-named button and buttonhole, and astrip stitched to the bosom some distance from said first-named buttonand buttonhole and on the opposite side thereof from said side-button,the free end of said strip being provided with a pair of buttonholes,each of which is adapted to receive said side-button, said stripcovering and hiding said first-named button and butt-onhole and thedistance from said side-button to the attached end of the strip beinggreater than the width of a four-in-hand tie, whereby a four-in-hand tiemay be knotted on said strip and lie in front of said first-named buttonand buttonhole.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CAGILIE KOEHL RUEBE.

Vitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, FANNIE FIsK.

